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Roadworks! The Big Book of Transport

By Sally Sutton
Series: ROADWORKS
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The perfect 'big book' for kids who love trucks, diggers and cranes, with three fun stories, machine facts and activities! Load the dirt, load the dirt, Scoop and swing and drop. Slam it down into the truck. Bump! Whump! Whop! Make a road, demolish an old... Read More
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The perfect 'big book' for kids who love trucks, diggers and cranes, with three fun stories, machine facts and activities!

Load the dirt, load the dirt,
Scoop and swing and drop.
Slam it down into the truck.
Bump! Whump! Whop!

Make a road, demolish an old building and build a new one in this noisy picture book of all things transport, from award-winning creators Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock.

Series: ROADWORKS

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  • Roadworks
    Roadworks is made with machine-mad pre-school boys in mind, though girls will also love the exciting noise—words, rhythms and rhymes. Roadworks aims to differ from other machine books in that it shows an actual project being completed from start to finish, in this case, the building of a road. The format is simple and would lend itself to further books...
    By Sally Sutton
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  • Fast, Slow. Let's Go!
    From the creators of the bestselling Roadworks series, a fresh new celebration of transportation! This is the way we skate along, skate along, skate along, This is the way we skate along on a sunny, funny morning. Borrowing from the childhood perennial and favourite song 'This is the way ...', a happy group of children scoot, bike, bus, swing, sail,...
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  • Construction
    Hoist the wood. Hoist the wood. Chain and hook and strap. Swing it round, then lower it down. Thonk! Clonk! Clap! Build the frame. Build the frame. Hammer all day long. Make the stairs and floors and walls. Bing! Bang! Bong! This fantastically fun book describes all the heaving and hammering involved in building a new library. Full of action-packed...
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  • Construction Crew Collection
    A collection of three of the most popular Sutton and Lovelock hardbacks for pre-school fans of machines and building sites, including Construction, Dig, Dump, Roll and Roadworks! Brian Lovelock's and Sally Sutton's books have continued to mesmerise young readers since 2010. Collected here for the first time are three of their most popular titles, describing all the heaving and hammering...
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  • Demolition
    Demolition by Sally Sutton offers a vivid and rhythmic exploration of the process of tearing down an old building to make way for a new playground. "Swing the ball. Swing the ball. Thump and smash and whack. Bring the top floors tumbling down. Bang! Clang! Crack!" The lively text captures the bustling activity of busy workers and the clamor of...
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  • Fast, Slow. Let's Go!
    From the creators of the best-selling Roadworks series, a fresh new celebration of transportation! This is the way we skate along, skate along, skate along, This is the way we skate along on a sunny, funny morning. Borrowing from the childhood perennial and favourite song 'This is the way ...', a happy group of children scoot, bike, bus, swing, sail,...
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    Roadworks
    A boisterous picture book full of noisy fun for machine-mad kids. Roadworks is made with machine-mad pre-school boys in mind, though girls will also love the exciting noise-words, rhythms, and rhymes. Roadworks aims to differ from other machine books in that it shows an actual project being completed from start to finish, in this case, the building of a road....
    By Sally Sutton
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  • Tractor
    Small children who like big machines that go - and things that grow - will love this ode to farm equipment from the team behind the Roadworks series. Down on the farm, let’s plant the seeds. Tip them! Flip them! Go, go, go! From the plough that cuts the earth and the harrow that churns the soil to the seed...
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  • Wheels
    An ode to things-that-go from the internationally bestselling creators of Roadworks. Rumbly wheels, grumbly wheels, Hauling-up-the-hill wheels. Wheels go fast, wheels go slow. Shout what’s coming, if you know! On the heels of Dig, Dump, Roll, comes another interactive read-aloud from Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock. In this story, a boy and his sister watch vehicles pass on a town...
    By Sally Sutton
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  • Wheels
    An ode to things-that-go from the internationally bestselling creators of Roadworks. Rumbly wheels, grumbly wheels,Hauling-up-the-hill wheels.Wheels go fast, wheels go slow.Shout what’s coming, if you know! On the heels of Dig, Dump, Roll, comes another interactive read-aloud from Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock. In this story, a boy and his sister watch vehicles pass on a town street and have...
    By Sally Sutton
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  • Dig, Dump, Roll
    Guess what kind of truck is at work in this interactive book by the bestselling creators of Roadworks. Now in board book! Crash-a-rumble, smash-a-grumble. What’s at work? Here’s a clue: It will clear the ground for you. Bulldozer! Bulldozer! Coming through! This follow-up to Roadworks will delight tiny truck enthusiasts. It's an engaging, interactive text that asks readers to guess...
    By Sally Sutton
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  • Construction
    Hoist the wood. Hoist the wood. Chain and hook and strap. Swing it round, then lower it down. Thonk! Clonk! Clap! Build the frame. Build the frame. Hammer all day long. Make the stairs and floors and walls. Bing! Bang! Bong! Construction by Sally Sutton is filled with the delightful rhythm and repetition that will engage young readers as they...
    By Sally Sutton
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761603488

Publisher: Walker Books Australia

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 December 2026

Country: Australia

Imprint: Walker Books Australia

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Brian Lovelock

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 258.0mm

Height: 268.0mm

Weight: 762g

Pages: 96

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Children's Books Children's Early Years Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Kids & YA Pre-orders Pre-order Books Pre-Order Children's Books Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date Sally Sutton Series: ROADWORKS

About the Author

Sally Sutton is the award-winning and bestselling author of Roadworks, Demolition, Construction, Dig, Dump, Roll and Wheels. In 2009, Roadworks won the Picture Book category of the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards, and in 2015 Construction was a finalist. Sally has also written many other books for children. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with her husband and two daughters.

Brian Lovelock is an award-winning illustrator of 10 picture books including the Roadworks series, The Raintrain, Flight of the Honey Bee, Gecko and Ambulance, Ambulance! His illustration awards include Best Picture Book in the 2009 New Zealand Book Awards (for Roadworks) and the 2014 LIANZA Russell Clark Medal for illustration (Flight of the Honey Bee). Brian was long-listed for the 2013 CILIP Kate Greenaway Award for his work on Demolition and in 2019 he was a finalist in the Nami Concours illustration competition. Brian lives in Auckland where he works as a scientist in the power industry.

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  • Roadworks
    It’s fun to watch the road being built in this noisy, action-packed picture book! Move the earth. Move the earth. Dig and cut and push. Clear a pathway for the road. Screech! Boom! Whoosh! Tip the stones. Tip the stones. Lift and slide and dump. Lay the groundwork for the road. Crash! Roar! Thump! Full of shout-aloud noise words, rhythm...
    By Sally Sutton
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    $800
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    Demolition
    What’s even more exciting to young kids than seeing big machines that build things? Watching the massive ones that tear them down! Crush the stone. Crush the stone. Chip and grind and munch. Make new concrete from the old. Whirr! Churr! Crunch! From the huge crane with a swinging ball (crack!) to the toothy jaws that ram the walls (thwock!),...
    By Sally Sutton
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    Dig, Dump, Roll
    Wham-a-hammer, bam-a-slamma! The construction crew is back – but what are they building this time? Crash-a-rumble! Smash-a-grumble! What’s at work? Here’s a clue: It will clear the ground for you. Bulldozer! Coming through! Diggers, dump trucks, rollers, and more – it takes a lot of big, noisy machines to build a school! Every young child who has ever been fascinated...
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  • Ambulance, Ambulance!
    Bleep, bleep. Emergency! News just through: Crash, crash, there’s been a crash. Let's go, crew! From Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock, the award-winning and bestselling creators of Roadworks, Demolition, and Construction, comes a reassuring, read-aloud exploration of the work of paramedics and ambulance crews. There’s been a crash and the crew at the ambulance station jumps into action. Nee nar...
    By Sally Sutton
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  • Crane Guy
    Let's see all the things we can spy, high above the city with Crane Guy! Spend the day with Crane Guy and see how many things you can spy from up high in his crane. Crane Guy, up so high, Building towers in the sky, Tell me, tell me what you spy. Something beginning with . . . Join Crane...
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    The Cat from Muzzle
    Over mountains and across rivers, this delightful true story traces a high-country cat's epic, five-week journey home to New Zealand's most remote station. Dwayne is a rumble-tumble tabby cat who knows where he belongs—up on the farm at Muzzle Station. So, when he's taken to live far away in the town of Kaikoura, what's a cat to do? Shake the...
    By Sally Sutton
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  • When We Go Camping
    When We Go Camping by Sally Sutton captures the delightful chaos and fun of a camping adventure. With the rhythm and repetition, the text immerses you in the sights and sounds of setting up camp. Join in as we "bang in the pegs, bang in the pegs, bang in the pegs." But be careful, as those guy ropes are tricky...
    By Sally Sutton
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  • Lulu and the Dance Detectives #1: Mystery at the Hotel Espanol
    If you ever thought detectives can't be divas, you need to meet Lulu and her fabulous mystery-solving dance troupe! This illustrated chapter series is ideal for dance-mad emerging and confident readers. Will Lulu and the Silver Stars deliver a stolen celebrity necklace and an unforgettable dance performance? The Silver Star Dancers have landed a gig dancing the flamenco at a...
    By Sally Sutton
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  • Wheels
    An ode to things-that-go from the internationally bestselling creators of Roadworks. Rumbly wheels, grumbly wheels,Hauling-up-the-hill wheels.Wheels go fast, wheels go slow.Shout what’s coming, if you know! On the heels of Dig, Dump, Roll, comes another interactive read-aloud from Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock. In this story, a boy and his sister watch vehicles pass on a town street and have...
    By Sally Sutton
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    $1800
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  • Dig, Dump, Roll
    Guess what kind of truck is at work in this interactive book by the bestselling creators of Roadworks. Crash-a-rumble Smash-a-grumble What’s at work? Here’s a clue: It will clear the ground for you. Bulldozer! Coming through! This is the follow-up to Roadworks that will delight tiny truck enthusiasts. It's an engaging, interactive text that asks readers to guess what kind...
    By Sally Sutton
    Paperback
    $1800
    Elsewhere:
    $1899
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  • Fast, Slow. Let's Go!
    From the creators of the bestselling Roadworks series, a fresh new celebration of transportation! This is the way we skate along, skate along, skate along, This is the way we skate along on a sunny, funny morning. Borrowing from the childhood perennial and favourite song 'This is the way ...', a happy group of children scoot, bike, bus, swing, sail,...
    By Sally Sutton
    Paperback
    $1899
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Wheels
    An ode to things-that-go from the internationally bestselling creators of Roadworks. Rumbly wheels, grumbly wheels,Hauling-up-the-hill wheels.Wheels go fast, wheels go slow.Shout what’s coming, if you know! On the heels of Dig, Dump, Roll, comes another interactive read-aloud from Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock. In this story, a boy and his sister watch vehicles pass on a town street and have...
    By Sally Sutton
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